Social Media

Some Facebook users in New Zealand and parts of Europe have a warning for their Facebook friends across the pond —  this week Facebook rolled out another major design change to user’s walls. Facebook users may be pleasantly surprised with the changes however, with those currently using the latest redesign reporting some added flexibility and ... read more »

Two young Newton, Massachusetts, children took to their mother’s Facebook page to make a case to their dad for a pet cat. Apparently the children’s father, Dan Urbano, told his kids if they could get 1,000 Facebook ‘likes’ on a message or photo about their request for Urbano to get them a cat, he would get ... read more »

LinkedIn, one of the largest social business networks has confirmed that a hacker has stolen approximately 6.5 million passwords and posted them on the Internet. A blog post by LinkedIn Director Vicente Silveira apologizes for the leak and states that they are continuing to investigate. LinkedIn says that they have locked the accounts of the ... read more »

Check your privacy settings! An Australian teenager learned a hard lesson about privacy when her parent’s house was robbed just hours after she posted a photo of a large amount of money belonging to her 72-year-old grandmother. The 17-year-old was helping her grandmother count her savings in Sydney when she posted a photo of the ... read more »

In places like Davos, Switzerland, where the power brokers of the world meet each year at the World Economic Forum, recent conversation has been about the economic decline of America. But, according to Daniel Gross, the launch of Facebook on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday (May 18) is testimony to the fact that some ... read more »

An Ohio mom has found a unique way to punish her daughter for talking back — by publicly shaming her on Facebook. Denise Abbott reportedly became fed up with her daughter Ava, 13, being disrespectful to her. So she decided to create a profile picture of Ava and posted it to the popular social networking ... read more »

A Florida couple is worried about threats after Twitter users mistakenly labeled their address as belonging to the shooter of Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman, of Sanford, Fla., shot and killed Martin, 17, last month and was released by police after Zimmerman claimed Martin had attacked him and he shot in self-defense. The claims of racial ... read more »

Marilyn Hagerty has been writing restaurant reviews for over 40 years. When she sat down to write her recent review of the Olive Garden for North Dakota’s  Grand Forks Herald, she had no reason to think that there would be anything different about her column. Except, for some reason, there is. Hagerty’s review of the ... read more »

For those who feel that sending messages of love (or lust) to their partners on Facebook is a bit too exhibitionist for them, the new Between “global couple platform” may be just what the love doctor ordered. The site allows more online intimacy between two (and only two) people, allowing you to send private messages ... read more »

Although Congress will still  go forward in starting their preliminary bid to pass SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) tomorrow, President Obama has come out in recent days and said he will not support the bills ‘as is’, if Congress passes them in their current form. SOPA and PIPA are bills ... read more »

  From the onset of the second season of 16 and Pregnant, most of the controversial show’s loyal watchers knew that Leah Messer’s story would continue to be played out if a second season of Teen Mom were created. And it was, with Leah being one of the most popular cast members. During her time ... read more »

PROTIP: If you don’t want to be busted for burglary, don’t post about it on Facebook. That’s a bit of advice Isaiah Cutler, 18, of Pittsburgh learned a bit too late after police arrested him for the burglary of a convenience store with three other teens after Cutler posted a photo on his Facebook wall ... read more »

Facebook has rolled out a system for reporting suicidal posts on its social networking site, on Tuesday. Once the message is reported, Facebook will send an automated message to the author of the post, with a link to chat with a suicide prevention counselor and the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. “One of the big ... read more »

“310-954-7277 Call me bro. C.” While eating at a restaraunt in Las Vegas, Charlie Sheen used his Twitter account to give his cell phone number to pop star Justin Bieber. But Sheen inadvertently sent the tweet to the bulk of his 5.5 million followers. What followed was a maelstrom of calls and text messages from delighted fans. According to ... read more »

When Rachel Crowe was voted off The X-Factor last week, very few were more shocked than Nicole Scherzinger, even though she was the one who voted her off. Scherzinger was the last of the three judges to cast her vote, with Simon and Paula voting off her competitor Marcus Canty and L.A. Reid choosing to ... read more »